Australia
150th Anniversary of Railways in Australia1.
Melbourne
- Sandridge 1854
This locomotive is one of the four Stephenson 2-4-0 weIl tanks that
commenced running on the Melbourne to Sandridge line from 25 December
1854. The train is depicted at Flinders Street Station, with small
ships sailing on the Yarra River in the background.

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Sydney
-Parramatta 1855 Locomotive No 1 is regarded as the first
locomotive in New South Wales. The design is based on the restored
Locomotive No. 1 now housed in the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney.3.
Helidon
-Toowoomba 1867
A B12 class locomotive built by Kitson in Leeds in 1875 is shown on
the second section of the Ipswich - Toowoontba line Thelocomotive
is representative of the pioneering engines used on that line. The
second section, which ran from Helidon through the Great Dividing
Range, opened officiallyon 1 May 1867, justtwo years
after the first section opened.4.
Kalgoorlie
- PortAugusta 1917
In the 1890s the gold rush produced an economic boom for Western
Australia, and railways, such as the Eastern Goldfields Railway in
1896, were constructed to the gold fields. But without the promise of
a railway across the Nullabor, Western Australia may not have joined
the Federation of Australia.The
stamp depicts a G class train dating from the 1930s crossing the
Nullabor on the transcontinental link. The design reminds us that this
line includes the longest straight stretch of railway in the world
(478 km between Ooldea, SA and Nurina in WA).5.
Alice
Springs Darwin 2004
South Australia‘s most ambitious railway was the proposed nortbound
line from Port Augusta,designed to service not only the
interior of the colony, but to eventually reach Darwin, and thereby
become the link to Asia.
The line reached Quorn in 1879 then Oodnadatta in 1891. Qodnadatta
remained the terminus for 38 years until 1929 when the line reached
Alice Springs. This track is known as ”The Ghan” after Pakistani
and Afghan camel drivers who emigrated between the l860s and 1920s,
many of whom helped service the construction of the track.
Illustrated on this stamp is the passenger locomotive known as ”The
Ghan” on its first trip through to Darwin in February 2004
In 1929 when the first Ghan left Adelaide for Alice Springs, it was
intended that it would one day travel through to Darwin. In 2004 that
dream became reality.(Source: Australian Stamp Bulletin)

Australia
The GhanThe Legendary Ghan first departed Adelaide for Alice Springs on 4 August 1929. In January 2004 the transcontinental link was completed with the opening of the Alice Springs to Darwin railway, and in February The Ghan began a weekly return passenger service through the heart of Australia from Adelaide and Darwin.
On 7 September 2004 Australia Post released a Souvenir Stamp Sheet featuring a sheetlet of ten Celebrate (March 2004) stamps with tabs featuring The Ghan and official logo. The boarder of the sheetlet also contains an image of The Ghan train on route.